244 XXXVIII. EUBIACEAE. {Coprosma. 



Branches short and often rather stout. Bark pale or whitish on old branches 

 and longitudinally furrowed, usually with 2 opposite lines of pubescence inter- 

 rupted at the nodes. Leaves iin.— |in. long, obcordate or retuse, cuneate, 

 narrowed into a short stout petiole, coriaceous ; margin thickened and usually 

 erosulate, flat or slightly concave above but sometimes keeled ; midrib stout ; 

 nerves obscure. Stipules broad, acutely 3-toothed, pubescent or ciliate. 

 Flowers "solitary, terminal. Corolla-segments almost fleshy. Male within an 

 involueel consisting of a pair of 3-toothed stipules and 2 coriaceous bracts 

 calyx ; corolla 4-cleft for fully half its length, limb spreading. Female 

 involueel as in the male ; calyx campanulate, with 4 short subulate teeth 

 corolla cleft nearly to the base, limb tubular or spreading. Styles very stout. 

 " Drupes orange, ovoid, fin. long." 



SOUTH Island: Westlaud : Kelly's Hill. Southland: Clinton Saddle, Lake Te Anau, 

 Petrw I. Longwood Range, T. K. :2,500ft. to 3,500ft. 



Its nearest allies are G. Colensoi and C. foetidissima, but it is abundantly distinct from either. 

 Its pungent odour is almost as nauseating as that of the latter species. 



36. C cuneata, Hook. /., Fl. Antarc. i. 21, /. 15. A stout or spreading 

 much -branched shrub, 1ft.— 12ft. high. Branches woody, rigid, excessively 

 leafy ; young branchlets puberulous. Bark whitish or greyish-brown to almost 

 black. Leaves yellowish-green when fresh, crowded, mostly fascicled on short 

 arrested branches, ^in.— |^in. long, j-^^in.— ^in. broad, linear- or oblong-obovate, 

 obovate-lanceolate or cuneate-oblong, retuse, subacute or obtuse, patent or 

 recurved, very rigid, coriaceous, often shining ; midrib deeply sunk above, 

 narrowed at the base, but scarcely petioled. Stipules short, broad, fimbriate 

 or ciliate. Flowers solitary, terminal, sessile, involucellate. Male : lobes of 

 the involueel linear, almost equal; calyx 0; corolla im. long, campanulate, 

 4— 5-lobed. Female : calyx-limb 4— 5-lobed, lobes unequal ; corolla ^in. long, 

 deeply 4-lobed. Drupe globose, ^in.— ^in. in diameter, red. — Hook, f., Fl. 

 N.Z. i. 110; Handbk. 117 ; Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z.I, xix. 249. 



NORTH Island : Mount Hilfuraagi, Ruahine Mountains, and Lake Taupo, Colenso. Ngauru- 

 hoe, T. K. Mount Egmont, Dieffenbach, Gheesemmi ! SOUTH Island: plentiful in mountain 

 districts from Cook Strait to Poveaux Strait. 2,000ft. to 5,000ft. STEWART Island : Mount 

 Anglem, 3,300ft., T. K. AUCKLAND and CAMPBELL Islands, Hook. f. ANTIPODES Island, 

 T. K. Descending to sea-level. Nov., Dec. 



When growing above the forest-line specimens are excessively branched, the branches rigid 

 and densely matted, the leaves excessively coriaceous, with recurved margins. I have seen no 

 South Island specimens with leaves as broad as those collected by Cheeseman on Mount Egmont. 



37. C. microcarpa, Hook. /., Fl. N.Z. i. 110 and ii. 331. A leafy 

 shrub, Ift.-IOft. high. Branches slender, close -set, divaricating, pubescent, 

 leafy. Bark grey. Leaves in pairs on short slender lateral branchlets, 

 Jin. -Jin. long, Jgin.-J^i^- broad, linear or linear-lanceolate, acute, flat, vein- 

 less, dark-brown when dry, not coriaceous. Stipules short, ciliate. Flowers 

 minute. Male : calyx cup-shaped, 4-toothed ; corolla broadly bell-shaped, ^in. 

 in diameter, 4-partite, lobes narrow-acuminate, long. Female : calvx-limb 

 short, tubular, 4-toothed ; corolla ^^T^in. long, tubular or funnel-shaped, 4-cleft 



